Monday, April 17, 2006
Various thoughts, news and beautiful days
When I first started riding my bike to work, it would be on my mind all day long. I would think:
"That was a good ride in."
"I can't wait until my ride home."
"I wonder if my clothes are dry yet."
"I wonder if anyone parked their car close to my bike."
"Has anyone stopped by my bike to check out the awesome tape-job I did on the handlebars?"
"I wonder if my bike is still standing up straight."
"Is someone going to steal my unlocked front wheel?"
"I really kicked ass going up that hill."
Lot's of unimportant stuff that seemed important since it was something different from my usual routine. Now it has become such a regular part of my day that it barely crosses my mind until I am about to get ready to go. Instead, if I ever have to drive my car, it just drives me crazy as I sit still inside it thinking about what I'm missing out on.
The weather is beautiful out there. I wore shorts for the first time of the year yesterday, and it'll be shorts again tonight.
In other totally unrelated news, San Francisco has adopted a resolution to recognize Peak Oil and the need to prepare for it. Here's another link. It seems strange to me when people talking about peak oil get characterized as chicken littles. It is a known scientific fact that peak oil will come. It's just a matter of when.
I rode with another cyclist for a couple kilometres yesterday. It was no mini-mass, but it was nice to have company for a short stretch.
Happy warm weather cycling!
"That was a good ride in."
"I can't wait until my ride home."
"I wonder if my clothes are dry yet."
"I wonder if anyone parked their car close to my bike."
"Has anyone stopped by my bike to check out the awesome tape-job I did on the handlebars?"
"I wonder if my bike is still standing up straight."
"Is someone going to steal my unlocked front wheel?"
"I really kicked ass going up that hill."
Lot's of unimportant stuff that seemed important since it was something different from my usual routine. Now it has become such a regular part of my day that it barely crosses my mind until I am about to get ready to go. Instead, if I ever have to drive my car, it just drives me crazy as I sit still inside it thinking about what I'm missing out on.
The weather is beautiful out there. I wore shorts for the first time of the year yesterday, and it'll be shorts again tonight.
In other totally unrelated news, San Francisco has adopted a resolution to recognize Peak Oil and the need to prepare for it. Here's another link. It seems strange to me when people talking about peak oil get characterized as chicken littles. It is a known scientific fact that peak oil will come. It's just a matter of when.
I rode with another cyclist for a couple kilometres yesterday. It was no mini-mass, but it was nice to have company for a short stretch.
Happy warm weather cycling!
Darren J 4/17/2006 11:05:00 p.m.
1 Comments:
Nice observations, Across Canada. No matter how rough a day at work is, there's always the commute to look forward to. So many people don't know what they're missing out on.
